Tales of a three-year-old butterfly princess!!

I can't believe it.... our little baby girl has turned THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unbelievable!

We started our day at the Disney store, where we met Grandma and Grandpa, who are in town for a bit to visit friends, and then come stay with us in about a week. They wanted to buy Keeley a princess dress-up outfit, and have her pick it out herself!









She found it all quite overwhelming, and in the middle of trying one one dress, she had had enough and wanted OUT!


It seemed she did not want a princess dress-up outfit afterall...

So, we wandered the store in search of something more Keeley-friendly.
A-ha! A pink princess nightgown! Keeley LOVES her Tinkerbell nightgown, so having another nightgown is perfect!


Must go show Daddy and Grandpa!!


We then wandered around a bit more to come up with a few more exciting things like a Tinkerbell doll, a Sleeping Beauty outfit, and a Princess beach towel! What great stuff!!


Next, we headed over to the mall carousel, where Keeley decided she did NOT want to participate! However, Luken DID, so he and Grandpa took a ride!




After the ride, Keeley gave Luken a sweet hug!! :)


And was then carried off in Daddy's arms! <3


Keeley decided to be sweet and pose for a photo with Mom and Dad!! (See, Nina, I do occasionally make it into a photo!! This one is just for you! :P)


Time to head home and PARTY!!
We had put together a small family tea party, as the only theme Keeley would stick to was PINK!
I decided to make it pink polka dots, so I made some finger sandwiches and cut them into different sized circles.


And we had some fruit.


And pink lemonade! The kids drank theirs out of tiny espresso cups, and Mom and Grandma drank from wine glasses.




Daddy had bought her some pink flowers!






CHEERS!




After a little lunch... JELLYBEANS!! We've been telling Keeley for some time that when she turned 3 she could have jellybeans, so we got her a special bunch of just PINK ones!


She declared them to be "chewy!"




Of course, the jellybeans were just a segue into CAKE!
Pink, with pink polka dots! (The polka dots do look a bit orangish, which I don't understand because I simply tinted them with more of the same pink I tinted the rest of the fondant with, but who knows how these things truly work?)








Look, it's me with two of my creations!! :P




Sweet girl, eyeing her cake!






Time for singing and candles!










And now we dig in!




Cake got a little messy, so she changed into her new nightgown. Isn't she beautiful?


And what is a birthday without PRESENTS??
She received many girly, princessy, butterflyish, beautiful, wonderful gifts!












However, when I dared try on her fairy tiara head thingy, THIS is the reaction I got! :D

Yes, I know... she is MY daughter!

Happy Birthday sweet girl!! We hope 3 treats us all well! ;)